Bill Lynch – By my rock in Central Park

La mostra presenta per la prima volta in Italia una selezione di dipinti e disegni di Bill Lynch.

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Bill Lynch si forma come artista tra la fine degli anni ‘70 e i primi ’80 all’università Cooper Union, nell’East Village, centro del fermento culturale della scena underground newyorkese. Il giovane Lynch rimane estraneo alle tendenze delle gallerie e guarda altrove. Studia le opere dei maestri, come Tiziano o Goya, nei musei che frequenta assiduamente. Il suo interesse non si rivolge però solo alla storia dell’arte occidentale. Particolare fascino esercitano su di lui l’arte cinese e giapponese. Questo emerge sia nella scelta dei soggetti della sua pittura, sia materialmente nella pennellata, che in termini di composizione.

I lavori di Bill Lynch (Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1960 - Raleigh, North Carolina, 2013) sono stati esposti da White Columns, New York (2014), The Approach, Londra (2015, 2017), galleria che rappresenta l’artista, Tanya Leighton, Berlino (2015) e The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublino (2016).

Per la realizzazione della mostra si ringraziano la galleria The Approach di Londra, Matthew Higgs e la famiglia dell’artista.

The exhibition presents a selection of paintings and drawings by Bill Lynch for the first time in Italy.

Between 1978 and 1982 Lynch trained as an artist at Cooper Union in the East Village, near the heart of New York’s underground scene. The young Lynch remained outside the main gallery trends, looking elsewhere. While he studied the works of western masters such as Titian and Goya in museums he regularly attended, he was most fascinated by Chinese and Japanese painting. This is evident in his choices of subject matter as well as in his brushstrokes and compositional formats.

The work of Bill Lynch (Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1960 - Raleigh, North Carolina, 2013) has been exhibited at White Columns, New York (2014), The Approach, London (2015, 2017), the gallery that represents the artist, Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2015) and The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2016).

We thank The Approach gallery in London, Matthew Higgs, and the artist's family for the support in the realization of the exhibition.